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Category: Pancreas - Liver - Gallbladder - Bile Ducts

Disease's type and severity can vary widely, need professional assessment
February 1, 2024
Advice from Matthew Garner, MD, Upstate transplant surgeon

Why some patients will also receive a new kidney
January 31, 2024
Interview with Matthew Garner, MD, Upstate transplant surgeon

Studying brain injury; pancreatic cancer surgery; strengthening the pelvic floor: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024
January 25, 2024
Interviews with Devin Burke, MD, Mashaal Dhir, MD, and Rebecca Carey, DPT

Taking pills as prescribed; an innovative cancer treatment; med students as teachers: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024
January 18, 2024
Interviews with Paula Trief, PhD; Ruth Weinstock, MD, PhD; Mashaal Dhir, MD; and...

Whipple procedure can remove early pancreatic cancers
December 18, 2023
Surgeon Mashaal Dhir, MD discusses the Whipple procedure which helps some...

Procedure aims to battle cancers that spread to liver
December 18, 2023
Associate Professor of Surgery and Chief of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery...

Artificial sweeteners and cancer; stool transplants; new epilepsy treatment: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023
October 19, 2023
Interviews with Andras Perl, MD, PhD, Aamer Imdad, MBBS, and Robert Beach, MD,...

Focusing on cancers: liver and pancreas; lungs; kidney and prostate: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday. Aug. 27, 2023
August 24, 2023
Interviews with Thomas VanderMeer, MD, Stephen Graziano, MD, and Gennady...

Pancreas transplants; COVID and pain; clues to a retinal disease: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023
August 17, 2023
Interviews with Reza Saidi, MD, Jamie Romeiser, PhD, and William Spencer, PhD

Surgeon explains influences of hepatitis C, obesity, immunotherapy
July 17, 2023
Interview with Thomas VanderMeer, MD, interim director, Upstate Cancer Center

Select group of patients don't need a new kidney
July 12, 2023
Interview with Reza Saidi, MD, chief of transplant services

Testing aims to reduce liver damage, premature death
May 2, 2023
Interview with Sana Zekri, MD, family medicine doctor at Upstate

Colds vs. sinusitis; treating back pain; artificial sweeteners and cancer: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, April 23, 2023
April 21, 2023
Interviews with Mark Arnold, MD, Steven Lounsbury, DPT, and Andras Perl, MD, PhD

Researcher explains role of enzymes, sugar alcohols in some liver cancers
April 11, 2023
Interview with Upstate rheumatology chief Andras Perl, MD, PhD

Diverticulitis explained; lupus and the liver; COVID's impact on stroke: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023
February 17, 2023
Interviews with Kristina Go, MD, Navreet Kaur, MD, and MD/PhD student Akshay...

Researcher probes complex interactions of disease and organ
January 24, 2023
Researcher Akshay Patel, an MD/PhD student at Upstate discusses how lupus...

Preparing a child for surgery; detecting and treating pancreatic cancer: Upstate Medical University’s HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021
December 21, 2021
Interview with pediatric surgeon Michaela "Mikki" Kollisch, MD, and the interim...

Self-care in stressful times; detecting and treating pancreatic cancer: Upstate Medical University's HealthLink on Air for Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021
January 22, 2021
Interviews with Assistant Dean of Wellness Kaushal Nanavati, MD, and pancreatic...